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Dr. Marc Cromie participates in "Dancing with the Stars" Chattanoogato raise money for the Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults

Quietly, six distinguished Chattanooga professionals will slip away again this week, like they did last week and the week before, mostly unnoticed by family, friends and co-workers. Their disappearances are for a greater calling—ballroom dance lessons. The six are, in fact, competitors who each want to win Chattanooga’s Dancing with the Stars contest next month, benefitting the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults.

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Chattanooga: Research links obesity, allergies

A new study that links childhood obesity with allergies rings true to local allergist Dr. Marc Cromie of the Chattanooga Allergy Clinic.

“It is becoming a consistent trend in the allergy literature,” he said, though he noted the study did not prove that obesity causes allergies.

The study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found that obese children were about 26 percent more likely to have at least one environmental allergy compared with those who were not obese.

The rate of food allergy was 59 percent higher for obese children, according the paper’s senior author, Dr. Darryl Zeldin, clinical director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which helped fund the study.

Other studies have linked obesity and allergies, but one possible explanation is that people who are obese have increased inflammation in the body, which could affect the way the body responds to things in the environment such as potential allergens, Dr. Zeldin said.

The root cause of the problem, as well as the allergy association, could be that kids with allergies and asthma that aren’t properly controlled could be less likely to be active outdoors and to exercise, contributing to obesity, Dr. Cromie said.

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Chattanooga Allergy Clinic would like to take this opportunity to introduce our newest physician, Lee M. Perry, M.D. 

 

M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga.; Residency in Pediatrics at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga.; Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Eligible in Allergy and Immunology; Member of The American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology; Hobbies include: Sports and spending times with his wife, Leanne and their three children, Ryan, Andrew, and Vivi Claire. 

 

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Dr. Todd levin article included in prestigious Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

 

Dr. Todd Levin of the Chattanooga Allergy Clinic was recently published in the November issue of the prestigious Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.  His article, “Cross-reactivity between cockroach and ladybug using the radioallergosorbent test,” studied the incidence of ladybug allergy in the general population and found it to be approximately ten percent. 

 

Cockroaches and ladybugs, both common indoor allergens, were determined to be partially cross-reactive, meaning that the proteins that cause allergy in each insect are similar in structure. Additionally, people with infestations of either may suffer from similar symptoms, including increased asthma symptoms, congestion, runny nose, and itching involving both the eyes and nose.  Locally, ladybugs may cause seasonal symptoms between September and March when they are typically searching for warm areas in which to nest.